Water Quality

Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office (WRC) oversees water quality standards for 22 water systems in 15 communities.

Infographic: Maintaining Quality Drinking Water in Your Home

Learn more about:

How to reduce potential lead exposure by reviewing the Lead Exposurefact sheet from EGLE.
Drinking water by reviewing the brochures posted on the Customer Materials page.
The drinking water in your community by visiting the Community Information pages.
Reoccupying a vacant or low use building. Visit the Building Water Systems section of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) COVID-19 page.

Year 2021 Water Quality Reports (issued May 2022)

The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is designed to inform consumers about water quality. The report includes information about the water supply source, detected contaminants and violations (with corrective actions) that occurred during the reporting year.

A water supplier is required to provide the CCR to water consumers by July 1st of each year, according to Title XIV of the United States Public Health Service Act, (Chapter 373, 88 Stat. 1660), popularly known as The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act (1976 PA399, amended to 1998, PA56).

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is the regulator for the systems that WRC operates and maintains. There are numerous regulations included in the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) that operators must abide by for compliance and maintaining water quality.